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• March 03, 2025 03 Mar'25

  MWC 2025: Operators account for 85% of mobile infrastructure investments

  Research from global mobile trade association reveals operators alone contribute $109bn to infrastructure investments, far exceeding that made by content and application providers and cloud service providers

• March 03, 2025 03 Mar'25

  MWC 2025: AI is the new mobile UI for Qualcomm

  Connected processor and artificial intelligence company unveils AI-first modems for 5G networks, IoT and fixed wired access as artificial intelligence scales rapidly at the network edge to drive key business benefits

• March 02, 2025 02 Mar'25

  AWS boosts telco cloud offerings with new Outposts

  Amazon Web Services debuts new Outposts racks and servers that extend its infrastructure to the edge to support network intensive workloads and cloud radio access applications

• February 27, 2025 27 Feb'25

  Verizon claims to ‘shatter’ US 5G upload speed record

  Leading comms provider reveals 5G trial results with record-breaking uplink speed through use of technologies including TDD carrier component aggregation with C-band spectrum and uplink MIMO

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Apple and Dassault Systèmes join forces for digital twin Vision

  Leading connected engineering software provider teams with CE giant to take advantage of state-of-the-art immersive viewing to realise digital twin-based product design and manufacturing platform

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Dragonwing take flight to boost Qualcomm industrial, embedded IoT offer

  Connected processor and artificial intelligence company establishes brand for suite of industrial and embedded IoT, enterprise and networking solutions

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  UK law firm embarks on SD-WAN and SASE infrastructure upgrade

  Network services provider collaborates with commercial law firm Hill Dickinson to enhance network connectivity and security by introducing SD-WAN and SASE frameworks to help safeguard corporate assets

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Engineering at tipping point as manufacturing embraces Industry 5.0

  Leading connected engineering software provider unveils vision of generative AI-based design to support new age of industrial applications with sustainability and virtual processes at the core

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  IoT and SaaS will underpin government legislation introduced to protect rivers

  Tech platform will enable water companies, regulators and the public to monitor pollution levels in rivers

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Plenty of room for improvement in mobile quality in Euro cities

  Analysis of mobile quality in 15 of Europe’s leading cities sees Porto and Stockholm offer highest 5G quality of experience in region, but with all cities falling short of EU Digital Decade Objectives

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Europe ‘severely’ lags other major regions in 5G standalone

  Research from network intelligence company shows interplay of earlier deployments, more diversified multi-band spectrum and greater willingness to invest in new use cases have driven 5G SA roll-outs at a faster pace in regions outside Europe

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  CommScope bets on AI for next wave of enterprise networking

  Wired and wireless network provider enhances Wi-Fi 7 portfolio with AI-driven services that integrate generative, edge and intent-based AI features, and next generation optical LAN

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Bridge Alliance, Telna team on eSIM strategic partnership

  Leading mobile industry alliance announces it will use managed wholesale eSIM platform’s capabilities for connectivity and revenue opportunities

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Quantum innovation balances on commercial tightrope

  While there is plenty of innovation in quantum technology, the industry needs greater collaboration to develop commercially viable systems

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  Myriota, Saudi Space Authority team for ultra-low power IoT connectivity

  Satellite internet of things connectivity company announces initiatives with Saudi space authorities including the Space and Technology Commission to bring ultra-low power IoT connectivity to the region

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  Versa claims to redefine SASE for enterprises

  Universal secure access service edge company announces general commercial availability of what it says is unique proposition allowing enterprises, governments and service providers to deploy customised networking and security services

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  NTT, Nokia, Anritsu demo dynamic networking using IOWN APN

  Latest step in next-generation networking project aims to realise power-efficient RAN network by dynamic base station operation according to traffic fluctuations

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  BT boosts interconnectivity with Equinix, broadens Optiva partnership

  UK’s leading telco expands partnership with digital infrastructure company to help multinationals transform interconnectivity across digital value chain, and joins with enterprise network service company to implement B2B, B2B2X services

• February 19, 2025 19 Feb'25

  Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger

  Russia is using phishing attacks to compromise encrypted Signal Messenger services used by targets in the Ukraine. Experts warn that other encrypted app users are at risk

• February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

  EY: Industrial companies worldwide stunted in emerging technology use

  Businesses globally are spending more on emerging technologies year-on-year, but struggle to expand experimental use cases, finds EY’s sixth annual Reimagining Industry Futures study

• February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

  Meta’s planned subsea cable will exceed circumference of Earth and support AI innovation

  Meta’s planned 50,000 km subsea cable will be the world’s longest and connect the five major continents

• February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

  CPX 2025: Check Point CEO talks up hybrid mesh security

  At CPX 2025 in Bangkok, Check Point CEO Nadav Zafrir outlined a vision for network security centred on hybrid mesh architecture and AI-powered capabilities

• February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

  Cisco Live EMEA: Network supplier tightens AI embrace

  At its annual EMEA show, Cisco tech leadership unveiled a raft of new products, services and features designed to help customers do more with artificial intelligence

• February 10, 2025 10 Feb'25

  UK broadband majors, altnets accelerate gigabit in non-metro areas

  Premises in Shropshire and Devon to gain access to gigabit services as part of £5bn government scheme and planned expansion by major comms provider

• February 07, 2025 07 Feb'25

  Vietnam Air Traffic Management modernises comms for improved safety

  Southeast Asian country’s national aviation body to deploy multi-service network offering to upgrade its legacy network systems, and enhance the performance and flexibility of its air traffic network

• February 06, 2025 06 Feb'25

  Kyndryl expands SASE services with Palo Alto Networks

  IT infrastructure services provider enhances end-to-end secure access service edge services to help customers accelerate adoption of cloud-first, zero-trust offering for network security

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Met Police spied on BBC journalists’ phone data for PSNI, MPs told

  The Metropolitan Police monitored the phones of 16 BBC journalists on behalf of police in Northern Ireland, a cross-party group of MPs heard

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Crowd-source testing helps drive Webex accessibility

  Conferencing software Webex has a number of accessibility features built-in and has worked with Applause to test how well these work

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  StarHub upgrades fibre broadband network to deliver 10Gbps services

  First deployment of StarHub’s 10Gbps XGS-PON technology across city-state to offer enhanced services as part of Digital Connectivity Blueprint to improve citizen well-being via next-generation digital infrastructure

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Volkswagen optimises vehicle development through 3DExperience

  Connected engineering platform provider’s core technology becomes foundational solution at auto manufacturer to advance vehicle development through virtual twin experiences, reducing engineering and manufacturing cycles

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  EE shines as 5G mobile availability improves for all UK operators

  Review of UK mobile industry in second half of 2024 finds that 5G availability sees continued improvement, but fastest 5G speed experience remains undecided

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  Starlink gains higher orbit in Europe

  Leading space comms provider sees constellation investments boost performance, gaining a position in delivering LEO services over wide areas of Europe, even including UK capital

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  IT supplier helps address ‘overwhelming’ volumes of data from space

  CGI is building on its decade-long relationship with the European Space Agency, and as more and more satellites entering orbit, its role in processing data is not set to diminish

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  DE-CIX upgrades New York’s largest internet exchange backbone

  DE-CIX upgrades one of the US’s largest internet exchange backbones as staying resilient and offering scale become priorities

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  New Relic extends observability to DeepSeek

  The observability tools supplier now offers enhanced monitoring for DeepSeek models to help businesses reduce the costs and risks of generative AI development

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Hard-to-reach UK locations achieve broadband milestones

  Ultrafast broadband goes live on Hebridean islands, with network ready for first residents to order full-fibre, while UK altnet outlines initial progress in £5bn deployment scheme

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Verizon, AST SpaceMobile get into orbit to end mobile dead zones

  Leading US operator looks to conquer remaining mobile dead zones through space-based communications with growing satco

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Westminster to trial free single sign-on Wi-Fi across central London

  Global trade body for wireless connectivity reveals big switch-on of seamless roaming experience across the many disparate Wi-Fi networks in the UK capital

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Teraswitch upgrades global net with EXA 400GE connectivity

  Transatlantic connectivity provider upgrades enterprise network with 400GE connectivity, positioning the company for global network expansion through diverse, high-capacity connectivity across Europe and the Atlantic

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  Verizon unveils enterprise network AI strategy

  Business IT and comms division of telco giant reveals strategy for deployment of artificial intelligence in enterprise use cases

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  Vodafone claims video call over satellite landmark

  Leading European telco Vodafone unveils results of test using low Earth orbit satellite for WhatsApp video call to a smartphone in a location that suffers from lack of traditional mobile connectivity

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  How Zebra is empowering frontline workers through tech

  Zebra Technologies’ CEO Bill Burns discusses the company’s growth strategy and how it is enhancing frontline worker capabilities through machine vision, artificial intelligence and robotics

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  SailGP casts off with private 5G for 2025 ​races

  Leading global sailing event taps global comms tech provider for cellular private networks to power connectivity

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  UK government mobile mast upgrade scheme marks milestone

  People living, working and visiting England, Scotland and Wales set to benefit from one of the latest of the 30 UK government-funded 4G mast upgrades across the UK to improve rural mobile

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  EE scores Wembley Stadium connectivity renewal

  UK’s leading mobile comms provider EE extends title connectivity partnership with England’s national football stadium in London, as well as with all four Home Nations Football Associations.

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  Neos Networks leads £1.2m UK Midlands broadband project

  Leading UK business-dedicated network appointed by council to lead D2N2 Gigahubs initiative aimed at bringing gigabit broadband to rural communities in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  Starlink delivers connectivity to Oracle Enterprise Communications

  Cloud and database service provider teams with leading satellite constellation to enable high-speed connectivity to address challenge of providing reliable and high-speed enterprise connectivity in areas historically lacking infrastructure

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  Global fixed broadband subscriptions pass 1.5 billion

  Research firm points to milestone in wired connectivity arena, with over five hundred million fixed line subscriptions added over the past six years

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  Intermedia intros contact centre for Microsoft Teams

  AI-powered comms provider looks to take leading collaboration system to next level, adding contact centre functionality to existing unified communications to unlock capability in collaboration and customer experience

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  ZIRA enhances comms business process platform

  Evolution of AI-powered analytics platform deployed to transform BSS data into predictive insights configured to support changing business needs